Monster Hunter World Gets A New Update; Changes Flashpods And Adds Menu Utility

Capcom’s co-op adventure title, Monster Hunter World has just received a new update. Arriving briefly after the limited siege quest update (which pits you against a massive elder dragon), the update introduces a couple of new gear sets, weapons quality of life changes and the usual bug fixes.

Clocking in at a modest 1.2GB, players will now be able to sort through Investigations. Players will also be able to adjust the HUD/Help Text Size in the new Interface menu under options, Ivy can now be cultivated at Botanical Research and some changes to flash pods have been made (the effectivity of flashpods will decrease the more you use them against the same enemy)

Check out the list of changes, down below. Monster Hunter World is out now for PS4, Xbox One and PC.

For more information on other changes, check out the patch notes below:

Major Additions and Changes

An Interface menu and an option called HUD/Help Text Size have been added under the Options menu on the title screen. You can now adjust HUD text size to be larger than the default size.

To go along with this new option, the “Subtitle Text Size” option added in PS4 Ver 2.00/Xbox One 2.0.0.0 has been moved from the in-game options menu to the title screen options menu.

A feature to sort investigations has been added to the Manage Investigations screen.

You can now sell all Trade-in Items at once when selling items.

Pressing the Square button on PS4 or X button on Xbox One allows you to switch between the Decoration name and Skill name when setting decorations.

You can now preview armor at the Smithy even with Layered Armor equipped.

An update has been made to squad management so players who haven’t logged in for 30 days aren’t automatically kicked from the squad.

A tweak has been made so the camera is not forced to follow an active Scoutfly trail when fast traveling or returning to camp after fainting.

You can now cultivate Ivy at Botanical Research.

If a field researcher with important dialogue is present during an Expedition, an exclamation mark (!) will be displayed beside that character’s name on the World Map when departing.

The Search Via Play History description text has been reworded to be easier to understand. The function itself has not changed.– Previous: Search for an Online Session that you joined based on your play history.– Now: Search for an Online Session based on your play history.(Cannot find a previous met player if they’ve left the Online Session.)

Flash Pod effectiveness against Tempered Monsters will gradually decline after multiple uses, and will cease to have any effect at all after a certain point.To coincide with the Tempered Monster’s increased resistance to flash pods, the special rewards from Tempered Monster Investigations have been reworked to produce better results.

Due to updating the Guild Card lighting system when adding new poses during update PS4 Ver. 2.00/Xbox One Ver. 2.0.0.0, the lighting for existing poses were affected and player’s appearance on their Guild Cards underwent a change. We are preparing a fix that will be part of an update in the future so the lighting will be same as before PS4 Ver. 2.00/Xbox One Ver. 2.0.0.0. We appreciate your patience regarding this issue.

A bug has been fixed where the Jump Master skill would not activate during the beginning of the Vaulting Dance animation after a Jumping Advancing Slash or Strong Jumping Advancing Slash connect. The player will no longer go into a mid-air knockback animation.

A bug has been fixed where players would not recover from Defense Down status even when gaining a Defense Up buff from a Hunting Horn melody.

A bug has been fixed where during PS4 Ver 2.00/Xbox One 2.0.0.0, when the Self-Improvement Encore buff would add Attack Up for the player using the Hunting Horn, the Self-Improvement Encore message would not display “Attack Up + Deflected Attack Prevention”. The effect itself has not changed.

A bug has been fixed where your bait wouldn’t be consumed if you failed to reel in a giant creature.

A bug has been fixed where the Free Meal skill wouldn’t apply to Mushrooms you can eat via the Mushroomancer skill. Now when the Free Meal skill is active, Mushrooms will not be consumed when used.

A bug has been fixed where the lock-on cursor would target the space in front of Teostra’s face instead of the actual face when aiming the Slinger. The cursor will now lock onto Teostra’s face properly.

A bug has been fixed that caused Mining Outcrop points to not increase during High Rank quests and expeditions in all locales despite the environment info indicating that they are in upsurge.

A bug has been fixed to adjust the amount of Nitroshrooms harvested when using fertilizer. It has been adjusted to the following.

No Fertilizer: 2

Fungi Harvest Up (S): 2+2

Fungi Harvest Up (L): 2+6

In Ecological Research, there was a mistake in the level display for monsters found only in high rank that have a maximum of 4 levels of research. The following changes have been made to their monster field guide entries.

A bug was fixed where the Charge Blade move “Sword: Sliding Slash” was displayed as “Advancing Slash” while in the Training Area.

A bug was fixed where the Gajau was classified as a Piscine Wyvern in the Monster Field Guide. It has been changed to its correct classification as Fish.

In French, the Dragon Jewel 1 decoration had the same name as the Bow’s Dragon Piercer move. The decoration has been renamed to the following. If you have a Dragon Jewel 1 decoration in your possession, please be aware that your decoration has not been removed, but simply renamed.